The death toll from the Turkey earthquake carnage on Monday has risen to nearly 3,000 as rescue teams continue to work early on Tuesday to release people trapped in the rubble of buildings in southern Turkey.

The magnitude 7.8 quake hit Turkey and neighbouring Syria early on Monday, toppling entire apartment blocks, wrecking hospitals, and leaving thousands more people injured or homeless.

Nearly 8,000 people have been rescued from 4,758 buildings destroyed in the tremors a day earlier, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said in its latest statement.

AFAD head Yunus Sezer said that 2,921 people had died in Turkey as aftershocks continued to shake the region. Another earthquake of 5.6 magnitudes struck central Turkey on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

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please Lord have mercy 🙏

The magnitude of this earthquake is terrifying..